winter solitude
the comfort of tiny stars
on a dark night
    Eufemia Griffo

summer again
drawers still full
of old seashells

di nuovo estate
cassetti ancora pieni
di vecchie conchiglie

Eufemia Griffo
https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer-2021

failed haiku A Journal of English Senryu, Volume 6 – Issue 68 edited by Bryan Rickert, includes three senryu of mine, too. Many thanks to Bryan for this lovely collection. 🙏

first day of school
a spiderweb inside
my empty ruksack

Tanabata Matsuri
singing to the moon
an old mantra

old loom
a silver threads draws
the moon rays

primo giorno di scuola
una ragnatela dentro
il mio zaino vuoto

Tanabata Matsuri
cantando alla luna
un vecchio mantra

vecchio telaio
un filo d’argento disegna
i raggi della luna

Eufemia Griffo
https://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue68.pdf

I have two haiku with merit mention in Vanguard Haiku. The subject of this submission was “the death” , a difficult and poignant topic. A special thanks to Susumu Takiguchi, Editor-in-Chief and Rohini Gupta, Editor.

☆
your absence
the loneliness
in every room
☆
funeral wake
an old family rosary
on an empty chair

la tua assenza
la solitudine
in ogni stanza

veglia funebre
un vecchio rosario di famiglia
su una sedia vuota

Eufemia Griffo
https://worldhaikureview.wordpress.com/…/vanguard…/

flower moon
first water lilies
on the pond

luna dei fiori
le prime ninfee
sullo stagno
~
Eufemia Griffo

Thank you very much to Michael Smeer and My Haiku Pond for featuring six poems of mine in the e-book
https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/6280

4: a sound in the night
Rhapsody . . .
a chorus of crickets
fills the silence

5: garden insect
fireflies the thousands lights from stars (one line haiku)

8: mother
end of summer: my mother too

16: forest
old forest
a cricket jumps into
oleander scent

21: starlight
Toro Nagashi . . .
the glint of stars
in your eyes

27: a sound
highlighting
the sound of the wind . . .
frozen leaves

Eufemia Griffo, Italy

winter solitude
the comfort of tiny stars
on a dark night

(December 2021)

summer twilight
a moth flies
in the shade of poppies
(September 2021)

rose tea
sipping from
my old aunt’s cup
(August 2021)

crepuscolo estivo
una falena vola
all’ombra dei papaveri

tè alla rosa
sorseggiando dalla tazza
della mia vecchia zia

Eufemia Griffo

http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com

breezy morning
the scent of laundry
in the sun

first light
the faint whiteness
of lilies
~
mattina ventilata
il profumo del bucato
al sole

prima luce
il tenue candore
dei gigli

Eufemia Griffo

The latest issue of Cattails is online. Thank you very much to the Geethanjali Rajan, editor of haiku section, to selecting one haiku of mine. Congratulations to all featured poets
http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattails212.pdf

autumn sky
everything reflected
in its stillness

cielo d’autunno
ogni cosa si riflette
nella sua quiete

Eufemia Griffo, Italy

by Iliyana Stoyanov

Yamadera Basho results! Truly honoured to have for the first time, one haiku of mine in 13th Yamadera Basho Memorial English Haiku contest. Many thanks to the judges.This one is my contribute:

evening stillness
white butterflies
in my dreams

Eufemia Griffo

I am really honoured to appear for the second time, in Per Diem/Haiku of the day, in The Haiku Foundation, with one haiku of mine, selected by Iliyana Stoyanova for “ekphrastik* haiku”. This one has been inspired after the film “Becoming Jane”, dedicated to Jane Austen. Grateful to Iliyana for this. 🙏

old inkwell
the night tells
Jane’s secrets

Eufemia Griffo

Grazie a Fulvio Fapanni per questa meravigliosa cartolina dedicata all’autunno, che contiene una selezione di miei haiku. Colgo l’occasione per ringraziare Fulvio e tutto il gruppo letterario Meteora per avere dato vita a un progetto davvero bello, come quello delle cartoline. Ben ottanta, dedicate a poeti e poetesse con i loro haiku. Si riparte a gennaio con una nuova collezione e nuovi temi.

Grateful to Paul Chambers for acceptance and publication one haiku of mine in the latest issue Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn edition. Really grateful to Paul for his stunning work for haijin community.

autumn sun
sea pebbles still shining
on the empty shore

sole d’autunno
sulla riva vuota
ciottoli di mare ancora splendenti

Eufemia Griffo
https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/autumn-2021

This year, too, I had so many publications in the different issues, journals, columns, contests. Three merit mention and an honourable mention. These are my latest contribution for this year, featured in “seashores, an international journal to share the Spirit of haiku”. Thank you to Gilles Fabres for this refined work. I love so much this journal, printed in Ireland, one of my favorite. Big congratulations everyone!

basil blossoms
a door closes
behind me

summer stars
this longing
to look back
~~~
Eufemia Griffo

One haiku of mine has been published in Caroline Skanne’s Hedgerow #135 Haiku Journal. Really grateful to appear once again, in this stunning collection.

season’s end
on the winter patchwork
a cobweb

Eufemia Griffo

My second time in Cold Moon Journal. Thank you very much to Robin Jacobson to selecting my haiku. 🙏

first frost
the last leaves sparkle
in the twilight

primo gelo
brillano nel crepuscolo
le ultime foglie
~
Eufemia Griffo

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/…/by-eufemia…

One poem of mine has been published in Charlotte Digregorio‘s blog. My deepest gratitude for her choise. Please, follow her lovely blog.www.charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com

snowfall
a maple leaf clings
to its branch

nevicata
una foglia d’acero si aggrappa
al suo ramo

by Eufemia Griffo (Italy)
Hedgerow, July 8, 2021